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Elon Musk Asks Twitter For Help In Finding Cause of SpaceX Explosion (gizmodo.com)
On September 1, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and destroyed the AMOS-6 satellite that belonged to Facebook, which was going to be used to beam internet to developing parts of the world. Since the cause for the explosion has yet to be solved, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is asking for help via Twitter. Slashdot reader Thelasko writes: Elon Musk stated on Twitter last night, "Still working on the Falcon fireball investigation. Turning out to be the most difficult and complex failure we have ever had in 14 years." He went on to say, "Important to note that this happened during a routine filling operation. Engines were not on and there was no apparent heat source." Other Tweets mention a "bang" sound before the fire, and that SpaceX "have not ruled out" the possibility that something struck the rocket.
The first one who claims that the other person "hates" wins!
And the explanation was that Elon Musk is a show off and "these problems" had been solved long before he was born? What the hell...
Thunderf00t is just another Musk hater with no real explanation as to why the explosion happened. Even a dumb moron can easily say that "hey, something went wrong with the fuel pumping" that is OBVIOUS. Musk is really pissing a lot of people of by just taking part in space exploration through his own company. Clearly that is something that hurts the feelings of a lot people. I guess it was their dream also. So they handle him just like they handled Gates, Zuckerberg and all the rest who got somewhere and did something.
Seems like one of the upgrades they should have for launch and prep is high-speed cameras pointed at the thing.
The first flash of light looked a lot more like an electrical discharge than it did any sort of combustion.
Hard to tell with what was published on Youtube though.
So they handle him just like they handled Gates, Zuckerberg and all the rest who got somewhere and did something.
Mentioning Musk in the same breath as Gates or Fuckerberg is bullshit. Elon Musk actually does things that make life better for other people. Gates' career was based on shitting on the industry, and the US DOJ literally found that they had held the state of the art of computing back with their anticompetitive practices, and the Gates foundation is a tax dodge ala the Rockefeller foundation which 1) can never achieve its stated goals and 2) which exists primarily to push strong international IP law for the benefit of Big Pharma, in which Gates is personally massively invested (as is the foundation.) Facebook is a spying and censorship platform.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
I am with thunderfoot on this.
Elon musk thinks the magical free market and free enterprise can do things better.. This is reality, Nasa solved these issues back in the 1950's and early 60's. But no the ebil government can't do anything right..
Having read this, does anyone really think rockets are a sustainable way of getting regularly into space?
How is he making life better for anyone?
He's moving us towards space, if we don't go there then our species will die out eventually. He's helping move rich people towards using less resources while driving. He's helping move us towards having residential power storage, which is a necessity for a robust grid.
He doesn't work in medicine, he doesn't work in providing technology to people in need, he doesn't improve technology. Bill Gates have done more for common people in all of those areas and more,
It's well-documented that Bill Gates is actually retarding progress in all of these areas.
even when accounting for the immoral/illegal actions of Microsoft.
Nonsense.
Just because you have a hard-on for space sci-fi
If you're not into science or space, perhaps slashdot is not for you
and a hatred for M$
Well-earned.
facts doesn't change...
Your dick-riding doesn't change them either.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"